: a visorless usually woolen cap with a tight headband and a soft full flat top
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In a race that includes a former governor and incumbent mayor with national reputations, a socialist frontrunner, and a combative former mayoral candidate toting a red beret, Walden’s relatively low-key temperament has seen his presence in the campaign diminished by his rivals.
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Menachem Spiegel, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
Think crochet dresses, chiffon shawls in sorbet hues, berets, coiffed afros, mixed prints, Studio 54-esque jumpsuits, beaded braids à la Patrice Rushen, and men dressed like Barkley Hendricks paintings.
—Shelton Boyd-Griffith, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2025
For instance, in the 1960s and 1970s, the Black Panther Party transformed the image of militancy with leather jackets, berets, and Afros, clothing that signaled Black pride, discipline, and radical resistance.
—Alexandra Jane, Essence, 31 July 2025
Dressed in a black suit, beret, and veil, Aimee tearfully paid tribute to her father as fans lined the streets of his hometown.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
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Menachem Spiegel, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025
Think crochet dresses, chiffon shawls in sorbet hues, berets, coiffed afros, mixed prints, Studio 54-esque jumpsuits, beaded braids à la Patrice Rushen, and men dressed like Barkley Hendricks paintings.
—Shelton Boyd-Griffith, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2025
For instance, in the 1960s and 1970s, the Black Panther Party transformed the image of militancy with leather jackets, berets, and Afros, clothing that signaled Black pride, discipline, and radical resistance.
—Alexandra Jane, Essence, 31 July 2025
Dressed in a black suit, beret, and veil, Aimee tearfully paid tribute to her father as fans lined the streets of his hometown.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
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“Beret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beret. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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beret
noun
be·ret
bə-ˈrā 
: a soft flat wool cap without a visor
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